Keeping your cool in calving season requires planning

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Published: February 27, 2024

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Keeping your cool in calving season requires planning

As calving season gets underway for beef cattle producers, an abundance of sleepless nights can be expected. Cows will be calving around the clock, leaving little leeway if anything goes wrong.

Careful planning becomes important, not only to help calves hit the ground healthy but also to benefit producers physically and mentally when dealing with the stresses of the calving season.

Mental health professionals says taking time to prepare before the busy season is well worth it, to protect ranchers’ health. Self-maintenance may not be at the forefront of many producers’ minds but it’s important to protect the operation’s greatest asset: its people.

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